Demokracia a jej budúcnosť v Európskej únii

This article deals with a conflict analysis of national and international components within the EU internal architecture.Although EU was originally founded as an international organization, increasing level of integration has gradually amplified the demand for democratic requirements, reaching almost the intensity known in the national states. An insufficient presence of democracy has been one of the most fundamental difficulties that EU has been addressing since its inception. Another stream of democratic enhancements in its legal basis, however, could alter the organization’s architecture, which has been still based on international law. The consensual form of decision-making, however, was one of the main reasons why the European integration has been so successful, and why national resistances to the ongoing integration has been so extremely exceptional. The tension between the need for democratization and the effort to accommodate the confidence of member states was always decisive in the amendment processes of founding treaties. Nowadays, more than ever, EU must respond to even more complex challenges that have been questioning its existence and functioning persistently. This contribution will try to respond to the outlined issues of democracy in EU. At the same time, it will analyse and suggest the possibilities that should be taken into consideration when addressing mentioned pressing issues.